Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) - the City of Lompoc!
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) - the City of Lompoc!
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) - the City of Lompoc!
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OrderIV. SPECIAL PROVISIONSA. Duty to Comply1. The discharger shall comply with all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conditions <strong>of</strong> this GeneralPermit. Any permit noncompliance constitutes a violation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Clean<strong>Water</strong> Act (CWA) and <strong>the</strong> Porter-Cologne <strong>Water</strong> Quality Control Actand is grounds for enforcement action and/or removal from GeneralPermit coverage.2. The discharger shall comply with effluent standards or prohibitionsestablished under Section 307(a) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA for toxic pollutants within<strong>the</strong> time provided in <strong>the</strong> regulations that establish <strong>the</strong>se standards orprohibitions, even if this General Permit has not yet been modified toincorporate <strong>the</strong> requirement.B. General Permit Actions1. This General Permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, orterminated for cause. The filing <strong>of</strong> a request by <strong>the</strong> discharger for aGeneral Permit modification, revocation and reissuance, ortermination, or a notification <strong>of</strong> planned changes or anticipatednoncompliance does not annul any General Permit condition.2. If any toxic effluent standard or prohibition (including any schedule <strong>of</strong>compliance specified in such effluent standard or prohibition) ispromulgated under Section 307(a) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CWA for a toxic pollutantwhich is present in <strong>the</strong> discharge and that standard or prohibition ismore stringent than any limitation on <strong>the</strong> pollutant in this GeneralPermit, this General Permit shall be modified or revoked and reissuedto conform to <strong>the</strong> toxic effluent standard or prohibition and <strong>the</strong>dischargers so notified.C. Need to Halt or Reduce Activity Not a DefenseIt shall not be a defense for a discharger in an enforcement action that itwould have been necessary to halt or reduce <strong>the</strong> permitted activity inorder to maintain compliance with <strong>the</strong> conditions <strong>of</strong> this General Permit.D. Duty to MitigateThe discharger shall take all responsible steps to minimize or prevent anydischarge in violation <strong>of</strong> this General Permit, which has a reasonablelikelihood <strong>of</strong> adversely affecting human health or <strong>the</strong> environment.2009-0009-DWQ 22 September 02, 2009
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